November 25, 2024

Christmas at EQ

As 2024 draws to a close, EQ has planned a year-end of culinary extravaganza, from intimate festive tea for two to a grand party. The award-winning property has enjoyed an unprecedented year in the number of accolades it has collected and is living up to its many plaudits.

The Angel Tree initiative has been an annual event since the inception of EQ’s predecessor, Hotel Equatorial. Each year alongside the property’s Christmas tree is a smaller one dedicated to the gifting programme. Tags bearing names and ages of children from Shelter Home are hung from the Angel Tree for guests to choose. A simple minimum cash donationcan be made or purchase the gift for the child of the home, and an EQ staff will then deliver it during a hotel sponsored Christmas party for these children.

In the same spirit of festive cheer, EQ has also planned for visits from Santa in the hotel on Dec 24 (7pm) and Dec 25 (12.30pm), alongside special carollers.

As a nod to the North American celebration of Thanksgiving, EQ will be preparing meal options at Etoile on Dec 1 with a Thanksgiving semi buffet lunch from 11.30am featuring a buffet of appetisers and desserts and free flow of chilled juices and soft drinks, with mains in the form priced at RM98+ per platter for two to three persons. Barbecue platters are also available from RM38+/100g. The Thanksgiving semi buffet is priced at RM88+ per adult and RM44+ per child (6-12 years old). Etoile is also offering takeaway roast turkey, beef Wellington, salmon mayonnaise, and leg of lamb for the occasion.

Nipah, EQ’s famed all-day dining restaurant, will offer buffet lunch and dinner throughout December featuring festive specialties like wagyu beef hammer, roasted lamb leg, lobster thermidor and more. Nipah’s Festive Buffet Lunch will take place every day except Dec 25, priced at RM158+ per adult and RM79+ per child (aged 6 to12). The Festive BBQ Weekend Buffet Dinner (RM178+ adults, RM89+ children) will run from Thursday to Sunday from 6.30pm to 10.30pm except for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

The chic Bottega Lounge will offer Festive Dolce Vita Afternoon Tea from Mon to Sat at 12PM – 2.30PM and 3PM – 5PM for RM99+ per person or RM198 for two, with Christmas-themed dainties and exceptional imported Ronnefeldt teas and specialty coffee. The weekend Festive Dolce Vita Afternoon Tea Buffet every Sunday from 3PM to 5PM will feature an extended menu of tea time delights for RM128+ per person and RM64+ per child with the option of two glasses of Bottega Prosecco or cocktails for an extra RM88+.

Fine-dining restaurant Sabayon has Festive Dinner Course priced at RM588+ per person for a four-course menu, and RM888+ per person for a eight-course degustation will feature options such as Angus beef tartare with toast, Scottish salmon with sour cream, capers and dill, and cheese raclette with potato and cornichons.

For an exclusive EQ tradition, take advantage of the returning Chalet pop-up at Sabayon every Sunday in December where the Chalet Festive Sunday four-course lunch featuring signature dishes like Duck Breast à l’Orange, Filet de Saumon Norvégien, Crêpes Suzette, and more, a true delight for lovers of Continental cuisine. Priced at RM288+ per person and RM98+ per child, guests can also dial up the luxury with the lobster thermidor upgrade or the add-on of an unlimited drinks trolley for RM288+ per person, which will make the meal even merrier with a free flow of sparkling wine, white or red wine, gin trolley, juices, soft drinks and mocktails.

There’s a selection of festive foods made to order ranging from roasted turkey, chestnut stuffing, roasted potatoes, cranberry sauce, giblet gravy and vegetables priced at RM148 per kg of meat; lobster mayonnaise, Russian salad, romaine lettuce priced at RM438 per 700g, home-smoked Baltic salmon retailing at RM188 for 600g, and slow-roasted Christmas goose, cranberry and apple sauce and gravy at RM198 per kg. More options are available in the Holiday Spirit catalogue.

For sprinklings of Yuletide cheer visit the annual Christmas gift shop at the lobby of EQ for festive gifts of all sizes. From pretty Christmas cookies for an office gift exchange to bespoke hampers selected and packed for a specific person or organisation, the cheerful Christmas guests can celebrate with variety and convenience.

Sabayon will offer a Christmas Eve six-course dinner with classic dishes from French and central European cuisine at RM788+ per person for the limited window seats, and RM688+ per person for regular seats.

Etoile, Kampachi and Nipah have Christmas Eve specials ranging from bistro-style sharing platters at Etoile with a sizzling grilled meat and seafood platter starting from RM118+ per platter and beverage package from RM88+ per person and five-course omakase dinner at Kampachi for RM508+ per person, with the option of a premium ala carte menu and sake buffet at RM158+ per person. Nipah’s Christmas eve buffet dinner begins at 6.30pm, with an international selection of food including seafood on ice, unlimited chilled juices and soft drinks for RM238+ per adult and RM119+ per child.